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A Dilution of Democracy: Prison-Based Gerrymandering | A Prison is Not a Home: The Lesson of People v. Cady; Learn More:
Prisons and the Census
The Hype Over Voter Fraud: Tompaine.com | August 23, 2005
Registering Dissent: Tompaine.com | May 24, 2005
Color It Wrong: American Prospect | December 20, 2004
The Census and the Cell Block: American Prospect Online | March 30, 2010
The Anatole France First Amendment of Citizens United?: ACSblog | January 21, 2010
Examining High Court's Consideration of Campaign Finance Regulation: Ideas | Action Blog | September 9, 2009; February 11, 2010
Prisons, Redistricting and the Census: The Census Bureau struck a blow for electoral fairness recently when it decided to speed up publication of its data on prison populations to ensure it is available for the next round of redistricting.; New York Times; By Editorial; The decision to release the data early was taken at the behest of Representative William Lacy Clay, a Democrat of Missouri, who has long been concerned about the inequities brought by prison-based gerrymandering. The data will be especially helpful to the 100 or so counties that - at great effort - already remove prison inmates from the count at redistricting time. And it should give fresh impetus to legislation pending in several states - including New York - that would require them to determine the home addresses of inmates and draw legislative districts based on that information.

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